Manchester Beethoven Orchestra’s summer concert starts with Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, one of three overtures the composer wrote late in life. As the title suggests, this is a lively and joyful piece. Next comes Mendelssohn’s First Piano concerto which offers a number of opportunities for some virtuosity as well as beauty. They’ll finish with Tchaikovsky’s great Symphony No.5.
Seating for this show will be unallocated. If you have any access requirements, please do let us know at boxoffice@stollerhall.com or on 0333 130 0967 (lines open Tuesday – Thursday 1.30pm – 4pm). You can find out more about access in our building here.
About Manchester Beethoven Orchestra
In September 1888 three Manchester businessmen sent out an invitation to a meeting to be held in the Crown Hotel, Fountain Street, Manchester, on October 1st. Eleven people attended and a discussion took place as to the desirability of establishing an amateur instrumental society. This was the beginning of The Beethoven Society, known today as Manchester Beethoven Orchestra.
The name has confused many into thinking that they only perform works by Beethoven but in fact the concert programmes showcase a wide variety of classical repertoire. In 1949 a critic from The Manchester Evening News remarked, ‘it seems odd that the concert contains no items by the composer after whom the society is named.’ The founders chose the name because Beethoven stood, in their opinion, for the finest music ever written.
